Cheltenham Gold Cup runners, riders, favourites and odds for 2024

Contenders for the race include last year’s winner Galopin Des Champs, Fastorslow and King George winner Hewick

Leading British Cheltenham Gold Cup hope Shishkin has been withdrawn from the race amid concerns over the health of Nicky Henderson’s horses.
A dominant win at Newbury last month had the ten-year-old in a seemingly ideal position to challenge last year’s winner Galopin Des Champs. However, with a sickness bug rampaging through Henderson’s Lambourn yard, Shishkin will no longer take his position in the big race tomorrow. 
Henderson said: “Very sadly it won’t be possible for Shishkin to run in the Gold Cup tomorrow. He was scoped as have all our potential runners this week, but unfortunately he’s shown an unsatisfactory picture on which he couldn’t possibly run. He appears to be 100 per cent in himself and has been working and schooling better than ever and we really were looking forward to Friday. It’s hoped that along with all the other non-participants this week that they will be back in time for Aintree or Punchestown.”
On Thursday another highly favoured horse, Hewick, was withdrawn from The Gold Cup owing to the rain-softened ground. Shark Hanlon, Hewick’s trainer, said: “It wasn’t a difficult decision [not to run in the Gold Cup]. I walked the track twice this morning, it’s not going to get any better than it is as they’re giving rain again tonight.”
Without Shishkin and Hewick, the 2024 Gold Cup will feature only 11 runners.
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is run tomorrow, on the final day of the four-day Cheltenham Festival. The race will start at 3.30pm.
The race will be broadcast live on free-to-air television by ITV1. It will also be shown on Racing TV for subscribers.
Check out the Cheltenham Gold Cup odds along with each horse’s statistical chance of victory on Friday.
Odds are supplied by Betfred, are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change